DBZ Budokai and Tenkaichi Thread

[DrunkGecko]

Thread for discussion of the dragon ball z Budokai and Tenkaichi series
I personally think Tenkaichi 3 is way better than sparking zero
Its also my favorite game of all time
I used to look down on Budokai 3 after playing Tenkaichi 3 but I've learned to appreciate it recently

 

[Zerohour2k12]

This series was one of the first few games I emulated. Loved Budokai 2,3 and Infinite World. Really dig the single player. Tenkaichi 3 my bro and I played a lot. As well as both Shin Budokai on PSP.

 

[DrunkGecko]

Oh also I should say, I sold my childhood copy of Tenkaichi 3, box, manual and all for like $50. Not realizing it's worth like $200

 

[Burzuru]

i wish i still had the poster that came with my copy of budokai 1. it had the cover on one side and all the character's on the other.

 

[Kaze01]

Weirdly enough, as much as I love the Budokai Tenkaichi saga, I never really got into Budokai 3 or any of the other 2D DBZ games. I really wanted to give them another try, but ever since Team BT4 released Budokai Tenkaichi 4, it's become my favorite way to scratch that DBZ itch.

 

[Bonkers225]

Tenkaichi 3 is my favorite DBZ game of all time as well.

 

[Krelian9]

In my opinion Tenkaichi 3 is the best one for gameplay, combos and available characters. However, story mode is lacking the exploring/RPG factor Budokai 3 had, which made it quite funny. Still, my favourite one is Tenkaichi 2, which took the RPG mode from Budokai 3, made it better and fused it with and improved Tenkaichi 1 gameplay. Back in the days, I played a lot of Tenkaichi 2, more than Tenkaichi 3. I also remember that they came out one year after the previous one, so when Tenkaichi 3 came out, I had quite enough of DBZ... that's when I moved to Naruto with Narutimate Accel series

 

[bigstinkie]

i never did quite see the appeal of the sparking video games
the characters moved and played very similarly to one another to the point where it felt like the rosters were much smaller than they actually were
i believe most of the characters shared the same inputs as well
so it became very dull to me very quickly

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Has anyone played the BT4 mod?

 

[Ren96]

The RPG factor in Budokai 3 and Tenkaichi 2 made both of them my favourites one. If I had to choose one, it would be Budokai 3. As a kid, it was so cool to be able to play with Goku Super Saiyan 4.

 

[NekketsuFighter]

Sadly, I never had a PS2 and currently can't emulate one, so my only approach to the Budokai and Tenkaichi series were Shin Budokai 1 and 2, and Tenkaichi Tag Team on the PSP(rest in peace, buddy).

I really love all three, especially the way the Story Mode was handled. Both Shin Budokai games have their own original stories, rather than retelling the same things we already know so much. I liked the second Shin Budokai better because it focused on helping Trunks against the revived villains that are destroying the cities in the future, and you get to play as Future Gohan as well (is the same thing as Adult Gohan, but the "essence" is better).

On the other hand, Tenkaichi Tag Team did retell the events of DBZ, but had a bunch of subquests regarding the lore of the series, and some "what if" with characters like Bardock, who arrives to Earth a few moments before Raditz and has to join forces with Piccolo in order to rescue Gohan, or when Goku and Vegeta fused into Gogeta instead of Vegito against Super Buu (it's a shame that Janemba was not in this game).